Unittest: how to pass information to TestCase classes?

[Steve Holden]

On 10/26/2010 2:46 PM, AK wrote:
> Hi, I have a question about unittest: let's say I create a temp dir for
> my tests, then use loadTestsFromNames() to load my tests from packages
> and modules they're in, then use TextTestRunner.run() to run the tests,
> how can I pass information to TestCase instances, e.g. the location of
> the temp dir I created?
> 
> The dir has to be created just once, before any tests run, and then
> multiple packages and multiple modules in them are imported and run.
> 
In which case a class variable would seem to be the appropriate mechanism.

regards
 Steve
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